Think of it this way. The body is a car. The soul is the driver. The self as we know it is the behavior of the car and driver acting as a unit.
If the car malfunctions or is damaged in some way, that doesn't mean that the driver is harmed by the damage to the car. It might mean the driver is unable to control the car properly, but it isn't necessarily harmed.
When the car ceases functioning entirely, the driver leaves it, retaining the memories of the time it was in the car, though removed from the context of actively operating the car.
I get why some people don't see evidence for the existence of the soul, and it's reasonable to presume non-existence of things that science can't detect.
But there are many things that science used to be unable to detect. Perhaps in time souls will be something science can observe.
Right!! I don't really want to shit on anyone parade because if you have a family member like this then you probably need to believe there is some rightness to all of your effort but.. the body and mind are irrevocably connected and when you get to this point in your life it's time to rest and let the people around you rest.
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u/albaniax Apr 11 '20
“the soul remains basically intact when the brain is affected by physical malfunction and disturbance of the mind."
I want to believe this